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title: "SA's Klaasen reaches Wimbledon 3rd round"
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# SA's Klaasen reaches Wimbledon 3rd round

> Cape Town - South Africa's Raven Klaasen and his New Zealand doubles partner Michael Venus have reached the third round at Wimbledon.

By News24 · Published 5 July 2019, 16:36 SAST

## Content

Klaasen and Venus, the third seeds, beat Australian wildcards Jordan Thompson and Lleyton Hewitt 6-3, 7-6 (7/3), 6-2 on Friday.

Last year's finalists will now await the winners of the match between Dutch-Denmark duo Robin Haase and Frederik Nielsen and British-Australian pair Ken Skupski and John Patrick-Smith.

In the men's singles, South Africa's Kevin Anderson , the fourth seed, takes on Argentina's Guido Pella in the third round on Friday.

The other South African at the event, Lloyd Harris , lost in singles and doubles in the first round.

Sport24